Product Description

An honest, illustrated, detailed guide to the quintessential American city. Full coverage of all the neighbourhoods, including the downtown Loop and its prominent skyline, and ethnic enclaves like Greektown and Pilsen, plu ssighs from the Art Institute of Chicago to the shops on Michigan Avenue and all the Frank Lloyd Wright houses in Oak Park. Listings of restaurants, nightlife and accommodation cater for all budgets and include places to hear the Chicago Blues and engage in local pastimes such as rooting for the doomed Cubs baseball team. Tours and excursions to the North Shore are also listed.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1903779 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04-29
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

About the Author
Rich McHugh spent the first 18 years of his life in and around Chicago before heading to California, then West Africa, and finally landed in New York. He graduated from Columbia University with Honors in Writing and was the executive editor of Quarto, the Columbia undergraduate literary magazine. While in New York City, he worked at Zoetrope, the Lyon's Press, and Ogilvy & Mather. Rich has previously contributed to Rough Guides to Mexico and the USA.